20And I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. ²And he seized the dragon—the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan—and bound him for a thousand years, ³and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it above him, in order that he could not deceive the nations again until the thousand years are completed. After these things it is necessary for him to be released for a short time.

⁴And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their^* forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed.) This is the first resurrection. ⁶Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection. Over this person the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand^a years.

Satan’s Release and Defeat

⁷And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison

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Footnotes

*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
aSome manuscripts have “for the thousand”